† yert Obs. rare.
[Of obscure origin; combines the symbolic elements, initially of yerk, finally of blurt, flirt, spirt, squirt.]
= yerk n. 1. yert-point, name of some game (cf. blow-point s.v. blow- 3).
| 1509 Hawes Past. Pleas. xxxi. (1555) T ij, At euery yerte she made godfrey to skyppe. 1659 Lady Alimony ii. v, All his games..Are yert-point, ninepins, job-nut, or span⁓counter. |